Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:46:38 GMT
Subject: First Trans-Violence WebPage Launched
From: riki@nyc.pipeline.com (Riki Anne Wilchins)
First Trans-Violence WebPage Launched
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[August 18 - New York City] Today
Emilia Lombardi, National Research
Coordinator for GenderPAC, announced the
launch of a new World-Wide Web page
devoted to studying trans-related
violence. The page is located at
http://www.cdspub.com/srvy.html, and
contains the full text of the national
Study on TransViolence currently
distributed by GenderPAC through
snailmail.
Said JoAnn Roberts, a GenderPAC
board member, "We are confident that by
using the Web, we can make this study
available to many people who would otherwise
never have had access to it. The
Web and the Net, already important
places for transpeople to meet and
organize, are now becoming a place for
us to do research critical to our
community."
Echoing these sentiments,
Lombardi added, "Not only have most
studies totally ignored violence
against the gender-variant, but the
few studies of any kind on
transpeople are generally have only
a couple dozen respondents. By
leveraging the global reach of the
Web, we think we can collect an
unprecedented sample size of over
1,000 people. This community
*needs* a definitive benchmark of
transviolence, and we're committed
to using every available tool to
make that a reality."
Among other uses, final
results of the survery are planned
for use at the upcoming 2nd National
Gender Lobbing Day in May 1997,
when gender activists will lobby their
congressional representatives for
inclusion in future versions of the
Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA).
GenderPAC's survery was
developed in coordination with the
Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project, or AVP, a national group
which pioneered research and
advocacy services for gender
and queer people. The survery is
directed to anyone who is trans-
identified, gender-variant, or
genderqueer.
People unable to access the Web
can get a survery via e-mail by
contacting Ms. Lombardi at
CherRed@En.Com, or via snail-mail
by sending a SASE addressed to:
Ms. Emilia Lombardi, GenderPAC
Research, 291 Grove St. #1, Akron, OH
44302.
All surveys are anonymous and
completely confidential.
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